It shows up in strange ways. President Obama is the ultimate actor with a prompter, but without one he stammers and stutters as he struggles with his cognitive abilities. In other words, he has mastered reading the words and the emotion, but still has problems thinking out a problem and expressing clearly his conclusions. This explains his outbursts and bad decisions. This also helps us understand why Maxine Watters, Congress person from Southern California, blurted out to an oil company executive, something to the effect, that it would be different when they took over the oil businesses. Her pause in her delivery, when she realized what she had said, was classic. A work of art. Also remember Senator Big Box Boxer from California. Again, in one of their committee hearings, she had a high ranking military man testifying and he kept calling her “Ma’am or Madam”. Remember, she came undone and began ranting about that he was to address her as Senator, because of all her hard work to obtain that title. I think she thought he was calling her the head gal in a brothel, just between me and the gate post. But the obvious lack of common sense was that it never occurred to her that she was being given all the respect that a military man has been trained to provide a woman in civilian life. Besides, the Constitution says there shall be no titles of nobility.
3- Preoccupation with one or more objects or subjects. With a child it is easy to see the problem because they do not understand what you are looking at. With an accommodating adult it becomes different and not so easy to see, but it is still there. Certainly one such subject with S.A.D. is the Leftist preoccupation with control. I keep referring to President Obama, but it is not just him. It is those of a similar problem who are in charge. It was Edward Kennedy; it is Dodds, Waxman, Pelosi, Maxine Watters, and Reid. The fascination with control, to the disadvantage of liberty and freedom, is mind boggling. Now you ask, how to a man and women, do Democrats line up with these leaders on the issue of control, whether it is car maker take over, health take over, bank take over, insurance take over, etc., for what reason? Are they all autistic? The answer is for the most part, yes. Some may just step in line out of fear and stupidity and, of course, the fear is created by the autistic leaders.
I am alone when I say the Leftist are dominated by people with social autistic dysfunction. I am not alone when it comes to seeing in them some psychotic problem. Earlier I spoke of the Physician Rossietter and the Psychologist Robin who agree with me that the Leftists are out of balance and dangerous because of it. They are against the legal and moral foundations of ordered liberty. Although the good doctors do not look at it as a fetish for control, that is what it is. The Leftists’ desperate desire for control is like the Devine Wind in World War II. So long as the pilot has the controls, the plane is spectacular, but it will not return. It is doomed. I can almost see Pelosi, Obama, Frank and all of them with the white head bands, drinking sake and shouting…Banzi! Banzi!
Obama, alone of all the Leftist leaders, is spectacular in his speech and manner. It is a characteristic of the autistic personality that it can be quite charming. The more charming, the better the manipulation. No con man was ever successful without it. Many become past masters at it. In all ways, as Shakespeare said, “Life is but a stage and we the actors thereon. “ That is a perfect description of President Obama and many autistic people. They will walk the walk, and talk the talk, but remember, just because it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it may not be a duck. A characteristic of a S.A.D. person is also that they do not like hard sweaty work. A hike on the Muir trail or a good game of Tennis is not work to them It is play. Cut weeds, dig a ditch, work with iron, be a welder, sweep up a dirty place, are all specific work they do not like. Remember we said they are unemployable in the free market place. This is one reason. They are very sensitive to their comfort zone as they see it. This is why so many of these people swarm to academia, science, and, government. Hey, they can get clean clothes, a lot of time to fool around, plenty of time off, little accountability and so on. Again, remember they are seldom attracted to any government job that has grunt work, etc. For all these reasons, most contractors, welders, and people of muscle are Conservative and not Leftists. It is the same with police and the military. Danger is not a friend of an autistic person. Their world is too confusing and bewildering for such nervous strain. Many an autistic young man will tell you they would not fit in the Military. Their world is just too tough already without the rules and regulations of a military program.
I mentioned Robin of Berkeley in the previous chapter She is a recovering Liberal who is involved in psychotherapy in Berkeley. I do not know what her last name is but I do not blame her for a little anonymity, especially around Berkley. I was told her PhD is in a relevant field. The article I reviewed was for the “American Thinker” and she describes Obama’s odd mannerism, secret former life, narcissism, his flat approach when passion is needed, his aggression when smarts is better, and especially his failure to realize when his behavior, such as “whose ass to kick”, is out of touch. She finds him disconnected and believes there is something wrong with his brain. She even mentions Asperger syndrome as a possible explanation. She dismisses this thought with “..but certainly not the full-blown disorder.” That is where they all make their mistake. Autism is so varied. Some severe, some very slight. Obama is autistic. Certainly his mother and father had symptoms of the same. When you think that the milder forms of autism are simply a disabled common sense, then it begins to fit together. Certainly when the 5 year old stacks the cans over and over again there is a lack of common sense to know what is wrong and when to stop. When the 14 year old cannot let go of the game control and goes over it, over and over again, it is a faulty common sense. When it is President Obama and he prejudges police officers and a governmental employee, Shackly, (who his system fired) it is faulty common sense. This is not good for eye, body, or soul. Robin explores many possibilities but she, like all I have studied, has failed to dwell upon autism. Therein lays the answer. There in, is the explanation. A defective common sense.
One aspect of the autistic person I have not discussed is substance abuse. Little to no study has been made on cause and effect here. My own observations are that the autistic person is very likely to try substances that are not good for them, but not likely to become addicted, because of their fragile personality. It bothers their comfort zone. Trying cocaine and smoking, such as found in President Obama’s life is consistent.
I have talked with many physicians whose specialties are in general medicine and most of them firmly believe there is some mental problem with Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Waxman, and on and on. They just have not spent the time to ask the question, Why? And look for the only possible explanation. I have and now you know the rest of the story.
My hope is that scientists with common sense will feel challenged to put all the pieces together, come up with some good testing of common sense, and allow us to benefit from it. Certainly we may be able to avoid another 2008. Judging one’s common sense must become a part of vetting of any candidate.
CHAPTER 11
THE COMMON SENSE TEST
It is absolutely amazing to me how the world of psychiatry and psychology has not developed a way to test common sense, just as we test IQ. Of course, various avocations and occupations do prepare fitness tests for their particular needs. There is testing for autism, but I must say it is still in the developmental stage. Certainly such tests are not set up to focus on common sense. Many times all of these are really tests which include common sense testing.
We all have known very bright, by IQ standards, people who are all over the map on matters which seem so common. Einstein stands out. He forgot how to comb and care for his hair, did not wear socks and his upper garment was generally a bad looking sweat shirt. Little things like keeping your room picked up, tying your shoes, choosing the right colors, and stuff like that. We have known people who were absolutely sharp as a tack when it comes to inventing things and yet cannot remember to eat. Their balancing common things seem askew.
Estimates tell us approximately 136 million minds are created every year. Roughly 20 per 1000 of population. In all that volume, error is a part of the package. Quality control is totally lacking….none. Some minds will be defective, some will be great, and all will be different. The stories abound about the person, who is mentally defective in most things, but can draw pictures of what they have seen in amazing detail, or play a piano in a way that is a marvel.
Some say Common Sense has passed on. In the London Times the following appeared.
“Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend. Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as;
Knowing when to come in out of the rain,
Why the early bird gets the worm.
Life isn’t always fair,
And maybe it was my fault.
Common sense lived by simple, sound financial polices (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of 6 teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined every further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer such lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common sense was preceded in death, by his parents; Truth and Trust; by his wife, Discretion; by his daughter, Responsibility; and by his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers: I know my rights, I want it now, someone else is to blame, and I am a victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him you are blessed.”
In all Mind testing we dwell on Intelligent Quotient (IQ) and pay scant attention to the other major factor, common sense. Everyone will have a level of each. What level for common sense? The following test is simplistic and I hope scientist will devise a much better one. I and some of my friends have created a series of questions which test common sense. The result is on a simplistic scale of 1 to 10. 10 is very good common sense and 1 is very poor common sense.
Take the test and then on the last page you will find the answers and a way to judge your score.
Question 1:
If you have a square peg and a round hole. Can you put the peg through the hole?
a- Yes
b- No
c- Maybe
Question 2:
Faced with a desperate person who has a knife and is advancing to kill you, what option would you take if you have a pistol?
a- Run
b- Stand and use the pistol as a club
c- Reason with the man
d- Shoot and aim to wound him.
e- Shoot and aim at his center.
Question 3:
You are working in your garden, when a cold wind comes up and it begins to rain. You should leave the garden and seek shelter
a- As soon as you feel the first drops.
b- As soon as you gather your tools to a dry place.
c- As soon as the rain makes the dirt too muddy to work.
Question 4:
Your family needs a replacement car. You have $1,000 in money you can spend to obtain it.
a- Use the $1,000.00 as a down payment on a new car.
b- Find a dependable car that costs $1,000.00
c- Use $500.00 of the $1,000.00 as a down payment on a new car, keeping $500.00 for its upgrade.
d- Use the $1,000.00 to buy a classic car you have always wanted.
Question 5:
You are an adult in a group outing consisting of 3 other adults and 20 teenage children. You are at Disneyland. There is not enough money for all of you to receive an all events pass. Who should decide who gets what?
a- The 4 adults.
b- The tallest and strongest Adult.
c- The teenagers by a majority vote.
d- The teenagers by a 2/3ds vote
e- A majority vote of the 3 Adults and the Teenagers.
Question 6:
You have been tasked to open a locked door in a hurry. You have been given a ring of 40 assorted keys and told one will work. The door lock has “Master” stamped on it. Assuming you know little to nothing about locks what would be the best way to unlock the door.
a- Break off the lock.
b- Try each key in the lock
c- Find a knowledgeable person to do it.
d- Locate a “Master” key on the ring. If it fits, try only those that look like it.
e- Do not trust a Master key because they are not set up for one lock.
Question 7:
You are in charge of a group of people who do not have a home to live in. They live in apartments, or their cars. Each of their incomes is in the lower brackets and sometimes spotty. Each of them wants to buy a house. Which of the following is correct?
a- Set them up with a savings plan to collect a substantial down payment.
b- Set them up with a loan which will take all their discretionary money to pay the loan.
c- Set them up with a loan which they will not be able to pay.
d- Tell them they cannot buy a home.
Question 8:
Assume you are traveling into a foreign country. You have made arrangements with your Hotel to have someone at the depot to pick you up. When you arrive there is no one from the Hotel for you. Which option should you chose.
a- Telephone the Hotel and learn where the person is or whether they were ever sent.
b- Wait for the Hotel person by giving them some more time.
c- Take a taxi to the Hotel.
Question 9:
Assume you are in a third world country. You have arrived at a single track train station. The track goes north and south. You hope to travel south. As you traveled to the Station it began to rain and storm and night has fallen. The local people who had no real shelter have filled the station to sleep and keep out of the storm. The ticket window is closed. The toilets no longer work.
A southbound train stops at the Station. It is packed and all seats are taken. People are even sleeping under the seats. The only observable space is that between cars.
Which of the following actions makes the most common sense?
a- Try to find a taxi or other conveyance to take you back to the place from which you came.
b- Wait for the Ticket window to open and buy a ticket for a proper train.
c- Board the train without a ticket and hope to buy one from someone on board.
Question 10:
You are a military officer. You have been given command of a Combat Division consisting of several infantry Regiments and some specialized units. One of those is a specialized reconnaissance unit. The officers and men of the Regiments all dress alike. Most of the special units also wear the same uniforms worn by the Regiments. For whatever reason the reconnaissance unit (RU) had developed a variant of the uniform with special applications and colors. This had been the case for several years and the members of this unit were proud of the fact they looked different. They have good esprit-de- corps. Your regulations say that all uniforms must in fact
be uniform. What action should you take?
a- Comply with the language of the regulation and tell the RU commander to make his men wear the same uniform as the Regiments wear.
b- Create a committee to investigate what is best for your command. Give them authority to talk with all interested parties.
c- Ask the officer who commands you for instructions.
d- Do nothing so long as there is no change in the esprit-de- corps of all units.
Answers to questions 1 through 10
1- (Maybe) Since you do not know the sizes, the peg may go through if the hole is large enough or the peg is small enough.
2- (e) To insure survival use the best tool available. Aiming at his center is the least likely to miss.
3- (b) The most important matter is to preserve your tools. Getting wet is not a big deal.
4- (b) Since all you have is $1,000.00 use it in the most economical way which does not burden you with other problems or debt.
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